The following content is from an older version of this website, and may not display correctly. We've heard a lot about network functions virtualization (NFV) moving functions onto servers, but there ...

The difference between distributed computing and concurrent programming is a common area of confusion as there is a significant amount of overlap between the two when you set out to accomplish ...

Distributed transactions are one of the more powerful and important functions within SQL Server. A distributed transaction is just like any other transaction within the SQL Server database, with a ...

In conjunction with the rollout of its next-generation .Net Framework 4.0 release, Microsoft is readying a new distributed application server, ""=""> Dublin -- a first Community Technology Preview ...

HP's new Proliant server mixes processing, networking, and storage units to optimize performance of Hadoop and the OpenStack cloud OS Hewlett-Packard is taking a step away from traditional server ...

It's rare to see an enterprise that relies solely on centralized computing. But there are nevertheless still many organizations that do keep a tight grip on their internal data center and eschew any ...

Is it possible to use linked services in MSSQL Server and execute queries if the Distributed Transaction Coordinator is not enabled?<BR><BR><BR><BR>Maybe this should be in the NT forum, but I thought ...

Relational SQL databases, which have been around since the 1980s, historically ran on mainframes or single servers—that’s all we had. If you wanted the database to handle more data and run faster, you ...